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Phoenix and Yuma Groups

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027715
MRDS ID M003931
Record type Site
Current site name Phoenix and Yuma Groups
Related records 10161871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.07078, 33.80588 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 8 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 017W 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result 61.38% FE
Result 0.094% S
Result 0.016% P
Result 8.26% SI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.07078, 33.80588
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS AND STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1917 SOME 19 CARS OF IRON ORE SHIPPED

Comments on development

  • OPEN PIT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, 1964, USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 124

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 192, P. 170.

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 124

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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